Shamong Township, New Jersey

Shamong Township, United States

Shamong Township, New Jersey connects to 1519 places across 3 topics through 11 Bunkabop connections, rooted in Indigenous history and Algonquian languages. The township sits within the historical territory of the Lenape, who spoke Unami, a dialect of the Lenape language within the Algonquian family. Its connections trace the Lenape and Munsee communities' displacement westward under the Indian Removal policy of the 1820s and 1830s, linking the township to Wisconsin, the Oneida people, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. A history connection also ties it to William Still, the 19th-century abolitionist.

Unami language

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: United States | Canada | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | Ontario

William Still

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: United States | Chicago, Illinois | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Virginia | Pennsylvania

Munsee language

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: United States | Canada | New York City, New York | New Jersey | Ontario

Stockbridge–Munsee Community

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: United States | New York City, New York | Pennsylvania | Massachusetts | New Jersey

Oneida people

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: United States | Canada | Toronto, Ontario | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Massachusetts

Indian Removal

Connects Shamong Township, New Jersey to: Florida | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Atlanta, Georgia | Mississippi | Wisconsin

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